16 "In that day," declares the LORD ,
"you will call me 'my husband'; you will no longer call me 'my master.3 2:16 Hebrew baal ' |
17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;
no longer will their names be invoked. |
18 In that day I will make a covenant for them
with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air
and the creatures that move along the ground.
Bow and sword and battle
I will abolish from the land,
so that all may lie down in safety. |
19 I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in4 2:19 Or with ; also in verse 20 righteousness and justice, in5 2:19 Or with love and compassion. |
20 I will betroth you in faithfulness,
and you will acknowledge the LORD . |
21 "In that day I will respond,"
declares the LORD -
"I will respond to the skies,
and they will respond to the earth; |
22 and the earth will respond to the grain,
the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.6 2:22 Jezreel means God plants . |
23 I will plant her for myself in the land; I will show my love to the one I called 'Not my loved one.7 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah ' I will say to those called 'Not my people,8 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi ' 'You are my people';
and they will say, 'You are my God.' " |